Section 2612. Agreement with the park district  


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  • 1. The specific terms of the
      agreement  shall not exceed twenty years and shall be negotiated between
      the authority and the park district with respect  to  all  participating
      olympic facilities owned by the park district, and shall include but not
      be  limited  to,  the  ski  jump facilities located at Intervale and the
      speed skating and arena complex located in the village of Lake Placid.
        2. The agreement between the authority and  the  park  district  shall
      provide the following:
        (a)  The  authority  shall receive the participating olympic facility,
      including any personal property and equipment owned by the park district
      and used solely in connection therewith, which is the subject matter  of
      the  agreement  in  its condition at the time of the commencement of the
      agreement.
        (b)  The  authority  shall  agree  to  continue  to  provide  at   the
      participating  olympic  facility  the space, facilities and the level of
      local  recreation,  including  youth  sports  training,  promotion   and
      programming,  as  was  provided  by  the  park  district during the year
      immediately preceding the execution of the agreement.
        (c) The authority shall comply with (1) all agreements existing on the
      effective  date  of  this  title  affecting  the  participating  olympic
      facility,  provided such existing agreements are listed in the agreement
      with the park district, and (2) all agreements entered into by the  park
      district  after  the  effective  date  of  this  title  which affect the
      participating olympic  facility,  provided  such  agreements  are  first
      approved by the director of the budget.
        (d)   Upon  termination  of  the  agreement,  the  personal  property,
      including replacements and/or substitutions therefor, which is owned  by
      the  authority  and  used  solely  in  connection with the participating
      olympic facility which is the subject matter of the agreement shall pass
      to and be vested in the park district. Such personal property  shall  be
      accepted  by  the  park  district  in  its condition at the time of such
      termination.
        (e) The authority shall maintain and keep  the  participating  olympic
      facility,  including  the personal property and equipment used solely in
      connection therewith, in good repair, provided that the authority  shall
      not  be  required  to  repair  any  damage  to the participating olympic
      facility, including the personal property and equipment used  solely  in
      connection therewith, existing at the time the authority enters into the
      agreement unless funds are made available to the authority therefor.
        (f)  The  authority may make improvements to the participating olympic
      facility to the extent that federal funds are made  available  for  such
      purpose.
        (g)  The  authority may terminate its agreement with the park district
      if the park district fails to carry out all of  the  provisions  of  the
      agreement  or  fails to appropriate and pay (1) in the first full fiscal
      year of the authority following the execution of the agreement an amount
      to be agreed upon by the park district and the authority,  which  amount
      shall  be equal to the total cost of operating the participating olympic
      facility which is the subject matter of the agreement in the first  full
      fiscal  year of the park district immediately preceding execution of the
      agreement, less all income  received  by  the  park  district  from  the
      operation of the participating olympic facility in such year; and (2) in
      each fiscal year thereafter an amount equal to the appropriation made to
      the  authority  as provided in subparagraph one of this paragraph in the
      first full fiscal year following execution of the agreement,  plus  such
      amount multiplied by the percentage increase of the park district's full
      tax  assessment  of  real  property  within  its taxing district for the
      fiscal year for which the  appropriation  is  made  over  the  full  tax
    
      assessment  in  the  first  full  fiscal year following execution of the
      agreement.
        (h)  The park district and the authority shall agree on the dates that
      the park district shall provide such appropriation to the authority.
        (i) The park district may terminate its agreement with  the  authority
      if  the park district fails to approve the budget of the authority as it
      pertains to the operation of participating olympic facilities or if  the
      state fails to appropriate and pay funds as provided in paragraph (g) of
      subdivision two of section twenty-six hundred fourteen of this title.